Job Descriptions

Watch Repairer Job

1. Repairs, cleans, and adjusts watches, clocks, and related instruments, using watchmaker’s tools, measuring instruments, bench machines, and cleaning equipment: Removes mechanism from case and examines mechanism for defective parts or accumulation of foreign matter, using loupe. 2. Disassembles parts, such as hands, mainspring, escape wheels, and balance wheel, using …





Waste Salvager Job

1. Sorts usable pieces of cloth from cloth discarded after cutting, and cuts garment parts from salvaged pieces: Cuts out defects, using hand shears, following instructions on cutting ticket. 2. Positions pattern on material and cuts around pattern, using hand shears or electric knife. 3. Stacks garment parts according to …

Waste-Disposal Attendant Job

1. Disposes of radioactive equipment and wastes, performing any combination of following duties: Loads contaminated equipment and lead pigs of waste material onto truck, using forklift. 2. Drives truck to storage area and removes load. 3. Shovels specified quantities of ingredients into and tends concrete mixer. 4. Pours or shovels …

Waste-Machine Offbearer Job

1. Removes strands of waste cotton that wind around separating cylinder of waste machine, to prevent jams and maintain flow of waste from machine, using wire hook. 2. Carries waste to storage bins.

Waste-Machine Tender Job

1. Tends machine that opens, cleans, fluffs, and reduces soft waste yarn, sliver, and roving to fiber for reuse: Spreads armfuls of waste material on feeder apron of machine. 2. Starts machine, and wraps web of processed material around takeup roller or positions truck beneath delivery apron of machine. 3. …

Waste-Management Engineer, Radioactive Materials Job

1. Designs, implements, and tests systems and procedures to reduce volume and dispose of nuclear waste materials and contaminated objects: Identifies objects contaminated by exposure to radiation, such as trash, workers’ clothing, and discarded tools and equipment. 2. Analyzes samples of sludge and liquid effluents resulting from operation of nuclear …

Waste-Treatment Operator Job

1. Controls heat exchange unit, pumps, compressors, and related equipment to decontaminate, neutralize, and dispose of radioactive waste liquids collected from chemical processing operations: Removes sample of liquid from collection tank, using pipette. 2. Pours sample into dish and bakes dish under heat lamp to evaporate water, leaving radioactive residue. …

Wash-Oil-Pump Operator Helper Job

1. Assists WASH-OIL-PUMP OPERATOR in extracting light oil from coke-oven gas: Opens valves and starts equipment. 2. Reads gauges and records data as directed. 3. Cleans coils, equipment, and work areas, using hose, water, cleaning agents, and broom. 4. Performs other duties as described under HELPER Master Title.

Washroom Cleaner Job

1. Cleans beet washroom in sugar beet refinery: Removes beet tails, mud, stones, and trash from washer pit, using shovel. 2. Removes debris from area of washroom, using wheelbarrow, pitchfork, and shovel. 3. Washes floors, using hose.

Wash-Tank Tender Job

1. Tends wash tanks and centrifugal wringers to wash and dry nitrated TNT: Starts agitators in wash tank to mix water and TNT received from NITRATOR OPERATOR. 2. Turns valves to draw off wash water after prescribed washing and settling time and to regulate flow of steam or hot water …

Waste Chopper Job

1. Feeds or off bears machine that chops waste thread into lengths for use in making wiping rags: Deposits handfuls of loose thread on belt that conveys material to cutting blades. 2. Removes tangles from blades, using scissors or knife. 3. May pack material into containers preparatory to baling. 4. …

Wash-Mill Operator Job

1. Tends equipment that washes animal stock used to make glue and gelatin: Turns valve to start continuous flush of water into tub to wash foreign materials from stock. 2. Turns handwheel to actuate roller that kneads and turns stock in tub. 3. Turns off water and roller after time …

Wash-Oil-Pump Operator Job

1. Operates variety of pumps and auxiliary equipment, following standard procedures to extract light oil from coke-oven gas: Turns valves and starts pumps to admit gas and wash oil to still and steam to heating coil. 2. Reads gauges and thermometers and regulates pumps to control temperature, pressure, and rate …

Washing-Machine Loader-And-Puller Job

1. Loads and unloads washing machines in laundry: Pushes handtruck containing soiled laundry from marking and classifying department to washing machine and loads articles into machine. 2. Removes washed laundry from machine and places in extractor baskets. 3. May lift loaded extractor baskets, using power hoist. 4. May place baskets …

Washing-Machine Operator Job

1. Tends machines that wash and dry manufactured articles or their components, such as rubber gloves, pen and mechanical pencil barrels and lens blanks: Dumps detergent into machine. 2. Places objects or racks of objects in washing machine. 3. Sets controls to regulate length of cycle and water temperature as …

Washer, Machine Job

1. Tends machine that washes flat objects, such as plate glass, plastic sheets, or metal: Places workpiece into movable bed of machine or between pinch rolls. 2. Turns valves and observes gauges to set specified flow of water or steam from jets in machine. 3. Starts machine that moves workpiece …

Washer-And-Crusher Tender Job

1. Tends battery of machines that convey, wash, crush, and separate quarried stone to produce sand and gravel: Presses button to start belt conveyor that conveys material to blade mill. 2. Pulls lever to start blade mill that washes and separates rock, sand, and gravel from clay and other foreign …

Washer-Engineer Helper Job

1. Assists WASHER ENGINEER in bleaching and washing cooked rags used in making paper: Removes covers from boiler, using hoist and wrenches. 2. Positions stock boxes under boiler openings to receive cooked rags. 3. Removes rags stuck in boiler, using metal hook. 4. Pushes loaded boxes to washer and dumps …

Wash-House Worker Job

1. Tends equipment to clean and spray interiors of aluminum or steel beer barrels or kegs, performing any combination of following tasks: Tends drilling machine to remove plastic or wood cork from bunghole. 2. Lifts barrel onto conveyor for transfer to washing or pitching machine. 3. Tends washing or pitching …

Washing-And-Screening Plant Supervisor Job

1. Supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in washing, crushing, and screening sand and gravel to produce aggregate of specified size for use as ingredients in making concrete. 2. Directs workers in adjusting equipment and replacing screens to regulate size of aggregate. 3. Performs other duties as described under …

Washer, Carcass Job

1. Sprays suspended animal carcasses with water hose to wash off blood and dirt and pushes carcass along overhead rail to next work station. 2. May brush or scrape off foreign matter. 3. May shroud carcass.

Washer, Hand Job

1. Washes articles, such as curtains, table linens, and lingerie by hand: Soaps and rubs articles, and rinses them in chemical solutions and clear water. 2. Extracts excess moisture with hand wringer or tends small extractor. 3. Hangs articles on racks to dry. 4. May immerse articles in tint or …

Wash Helper Job

1. Tends equipment that washes and reduces acidity of activated carbon, preparatory to drying: Turns valves, couples hoses, and starts pumps to circulate carbon sludge through washing and blending tanks in specified timing and sequence. 2. Admits prescribed amount of caustic soda into mixing tank or barrel to produce neutralizing …

Wash Operator Job

1. Controls system of tanks to wash and reduce acidity of activated carbon sludge, preparatory to drying, for variety of industrial and consumer applications: Turns valves to regulate flow of acid, carbon sludge, and water through thickener and agitator tanks according to tank-level and specific gravity readings supplied by WASH …